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M. ROSBNSTOGK.

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N0. 288,863. Patented NOV. Z, 1883.

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UNITED .STATES MORITZ ROSENSTOOK,

PATENT Ottica,

OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

HOOP-SKIRT.

SPECIFICATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,863, dated November 20, 1883.

Application tiled May 15, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ Rosnus'rccrr, of the city, county, and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Hoop-Skirts; and I hereby declare the following Vto be a full and clear description of the same.

The object of this invention is to make a hoop-skirt from a continuous wire, thereby cheapening the construction of the said garment, and at the same time rendering it more pliable and yielding to the form of the wearer, and more durable, especiallywith regard to the stability of the fast-enings of the ends of the wires to the fabric of the stays.

The invention will be readily understood by reference to the acconipanyingdrawing, which represents an elevation of one of the improved skirts with a bustle.

The frame or stays A A', which form the attachments or body to which the wires or hoops B are secured, are of any suitable textile fabric, and madein the usual form, or in any approved form. The wires or hoops` B may be either round or ilat; butl prefer to use round wires, as they can be more easily bent at the angles, and of course they are covered, as is usual with the wires or hoops of hoop-skirts. The two front stays or fabric frame -pieces are designated in the drawing by the letter A', and the other portions of the textile frame bythe letter A. The hoop or wire B is made in one continuous piece, and in forming the skirtv or bustle the first end of the said wire is attached to one of the front stay-pieces, A', either at the top or bottom thereof, and secured to the said staypiece, parallel with the front edge thereof, for a distance equal to the vertical height of the space required to be occupied by the wiring. Then the said wire is bent around the form on which the skirt is built, and carried over to the other front stay-piece A', and there bent over in an angle, b, which is nearly or quite a right angle, and thence down along the said stay-pi ece A' and parallel with its front edge for a distance equal to the required width or space between the wires of the skirt, and then the wire is bent by another angle b andagain taken around the building-form to the other front stay-piece A', where it is bent into two angles b, as above described, and thence carried back to the other front piece A', as before described, and so on the wire is bent around the building-form and carried back and forth from one of the front stay-pieces to (No model.)

the other until the whole skirt is completed, care being taken in the placing of the wires to have the last end attached to the opposite piece A' to that upon which the work was commenced, so as to have it bent up in the form of a vertical stay-piece,vb', which is attached to the last finished front piece A', and parallel with its front edge, in the manner above described for commencing the skirt. These two vertical stay-pieces b' give all the extension qualities required in the skirt for the purpose of holding it in its proper vertical position on the person of the wearer, while the absolute and detached freedom of the back part of the skirt to double up renders the garment more easy and graceful than any hoopskirts heretofore made. The wires B are attached to the fabric stay -pieces A A', in the usual manner, by sewing or metallic fastenings, and the angles b I), with the intervening vertical portion of the wire at the front staypieces A A', serve eifectually to hold the wires and front stay-pieces securely together, and render it impossible for the ends of the wires or hoops to become detached and puncture the stays or clothing, as the hoops now in use. frequently do.

The hoop-skirt hereindescribed and shown, -viz., one having an open front, or front without transverse wiresis also by some persons called a bustle,7 and of course it is equally within the scope of the present invention to make any bustle, either long 0r short,- by this my improved manner.

Having described my invention, I claimm 1. The continuous wire B, formed into the contour of a hoop-skirt, bent into two angles, b b, at suitable distances apart to form the spaces between the hoops, and at points overlapped by the front stay pieces, A', andbetween the said angles b the wire bent around tl e building-form, so as to give the proper contour to the skirt or bustle, as described.

2. The continuous wire B, having its central portions formed into the contour of a hoop-skirt, by bending it in angles b b, and its end sections, b', placed parallel with the front edges of the stay-pieces A', and secured thereto, so as to give the requisite rigidity to the garment.

MORITZ ROSENSTOGK.

Witnesses M. RANDoLrH, JOHN BARNETT. 

